TY - JOUR
T1 - One-Year Prospective Association of BMI with Later Cognitive Development in Preschoolers
AU - Hansen, Carina
AU - Smith, Latasha
AU - Lynch, Brian A.
AU - Miccoli, Antonela
AU - Romanowicz, Magdalena
AU - Toussaint, Loren
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, grant number UL1TR002377.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, grant number UL1TR002377.We would like to thank the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Core Partners and Luther College Center for sustainable Communities for their financial support of the FFI initiative. Our study activities were co-funded by the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CTSA) and the Mayo Clinic Children’s Research Center. This study was supported by CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. We would also like to thank northeast Iowa Head Start staff, including Sharon Burke and Jada Bahls-Kargalskiy, for their collaboration and support of the project. We would like to acknowledge the nursing students of Luther College who were involved in the data collection for the study. Special thanks to Ann R. Mansfield and Haleisa Johnson from Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative for their role in study coordination for this project.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Core Partners and Luther College Center for sustainable Communities for their financial support of the FFI initiative. Our study activities were co-funded by the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CTSA) and the Mayo Clinic Children’s Research Center. This study was supported by CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR002377 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. We would also like to thank northeast Iowa Head Start staff, including Sharon Burke and Jada Bahls-Kargalskiy, for their collaboration and support of the project. We would like to acknowledge the nursing students of Luther College who were involved in the data collection for the study. Special thanks to Ann R. Mansfield and Haleisa Johnson from Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative for their role in study coordination for this project.
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PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - This study examined the prospective relationships between preschoolers’ body mass index (BMI) and cognitive development. BMI, cognitive (i.e., Brigance), sex, and age data were collected from seven cohorts of children attending Head Start from 2012 to 2018. Children (N = 324) with two years of complete data were included. After controlling for the first year cognitive development scores, age, gender, and the cohort, the BMI was predictive of lower cognitive development scores in year two (B = −0.06, β = −0.14, t = −3.19, p = 0.002). Female sex (B = 2.69, β = 0.10, t = 2.30, p = 0.022) and older age (B = 0.02, β = 0.15, t = 3.20, p ≤ 0.001) were also shown to be statistically significant predictors of improved year two cognitive scores. The initial BMI scores were associated with poorer one year cognitive development scores in this sample of preschool children. Excessive body mass may contribute to numerous biological, psychological, and social factors that inhibit children with obesity from reaching their full cognitive potential, during a time in which brain development and cognitive skills development are at critical points of growth. Early childhood obesity interventions may have positive consequences for cognitive development, but additional prospective studies are needed to confirm these results.
AB - This study examined the prospective relationships between preschoolers’ body mass index (BMI) and cognitive development. BMI, cognitive (i.e., Brigance), sex, and age data were collected from seven cohorts of children attending Head Start from 2012 to 2018. Children (N = 324) with two years of complete data were included. After controlling for the first year cognitive development scores, age, gender, and the cohort, the BMI was predictive of lower cognitive development scores in year two (B = −0.06, β = −0.14, t = −3.19, p = 0.002). Female sex (B = 2.69, β = 0.10, t = 2.30, p = 0.022) and older age (B = 0.02, β = 0.15, t = 3.20, p ≤ 0.001) were also shown to be statistically significant predictors of improved year two cognitive scores. The initial BMI scores were associated with poorer one year cognitive development scores in this sample of preschool children. Excessive body mass may contribute to numerous biological, psychological, and social factors that inhibit children with obesity from reaching their full cognitive potential, during a time in which brain development and cognitive skills development are at critical points of growth. Early childhood obesity interventions may have positive consequences for cognitive development, but additional prospective studies are needed to confirm these results.
KW - Child development
KW - Obesity
KW - Preschool child
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U2 - 10.3390/brainsci12030320
DO - 10.3390/brainsci12030320
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125709545
SN - 2076-3425
VL - 12
JO - Brain Sciences
JF - Brain Sciences
IS - 3
M1 - 320
ER -